Medium severity · published Feb 1, 2016
CVE-2015-8781
tif_luv.c in libtiff allows attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via an invalid number of samples per pixel in a LogL compressed TIFF image, a different…
6.5
CVSS
2.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
tif_luv.c in libtiff allows attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via an invalid number of samples per pixel in a LogL compressed TIFF image, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8782.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.8% · higher than 87% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
7.0; 8.0 · source: NVD
LI
Libtiff · Libtiff
before 4.0.7 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8781
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8781
Issue Tracking
http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2522#c0
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00058.html
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00064.html
Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1546.html
Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1547.html
Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3467
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